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Coll 29/12 'Bushire: office allowance of consul-general' [‎161r] (325/603)

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The record is made up of 1 file (298 folios). It was created in 26 Oct 1918-24 Feb 1948. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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British Consulate General,
Bushire.
Dated the 23rd January 1941.
No. 98 -64/259.
From
To
The Hon’ble the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Bushire
The Secretary to the Government of India,
External Affairs Department, New Delhi
SUBJECT : Pay and allowances of the
Consular Clerk, Bushire.
Bushire
Sir
I have the honour to refer to the correspondence
resting; with Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. endorsement No.1562-64/259 dated the
24th December 1940 concerning the pay and allowances of the
Consular Clerk, Bushire, and to enclose a copy of a letter
from Hia Majesty's Minister at Tehran giving the Foreign
September 1940, a copy of which was forwarded to you under
the above mentioned endorsement.
2. It will be observed that the Foreign Office take the
view that "the question of the clerk's salary is one for the
Government of India to decide and His Majesty's Consul General
should accordingly refer it to them ,, .
I therefore trust that the Government of India will
now accept the position that this clerk is subject to their
control, and will consider hie case on its merits. The
possibility that he may again have to work under a Foreign
Office Vice Consul is for the time remote. Fven were he
to do so, the resulting anomaly could scarcely be greater
than that existing already; for this clerk, occupied though
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The file concerns the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , in Bushire.

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The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between the Foreign Office, the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the Government of India, the British Legation at Tehran, and the Treasury.

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1 file (298 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 299; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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